Fastening for bottles and like containers to prevent them being fraudulently reused.



. PATENTED' DEC. 12, 1905.

J. J. SHUTTLEWORTH. FASTENING FOR BOTTLES AND LIKE CONTAINERS T0 PREVENT THEM BEING FRAUDULBNTLY REUSED.

APPLICATION TILED JAN. 27, 1905.

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J. J. SHUTTLEWORTH. FASTENING FOR BOTTLES AND LIKE CONTAINERS TO PREVENT THEM BEING FRAUDLLEENTLY REUSED.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27, 1905.

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wi y- UNITED STATES PATENT oF-FIoE.

. JAMES J OHNSON SHUTTLEWORTH, OF RYDE, NEAR SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA.

FASTENING FOR BOTTLES AND LIKE CONTAINERS TO PREVENT T HEM BEING FRAUDULENTLY REUSED.

tenings for Bottles and Like Containers to Prevent Them Being Fraudulently Reused, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in fastenings for bottles and like containers in order that when the container as an original through a capsule or other covering and then 1 package is once opened that fact will be evident, and thereby render it impossible to be used fraudulently.

The invention has been principally designed to overcome difliculties which have occurred in practice in securing the fastenings to the bottles described in prior patent, No. 636,073, dated October 31, 1899; and it consists in the method of immovably or inseparably fixing one or more wires or metal strips to the glass or like container to be closed by a cork or stopper, as hereinafter described, and in the manner of applying such wire or wires to form the fasteners;

In applying the invention to a bottle a wire or wires (when two or more wires are employed they are preferably twisted together) are attached immovably or inseparably to the bottle, preferably to the neck or adjacent there to, during the process of manufacture. I do this and fasten the cork or stopper in the following manner: After the bottle has been blown or molded, but before it is placed in the annealing-chamber, the wire or wires, preferably in a bent form to prevent their being withdrawn, is or are placed on the desired part of the bottle and a small piece of molten glass is placed thereon and pressed by means of any suitable stamp until the glass and wires are immovably or inseparably fixed to the bottle. After the bottle has been annealed and filled with merchandise in the usual manner the wire or wires are brought preferably over round or through the cork or stopper or a projection thereon, in some cases also through holes in the head or cap, and the ends twisted, knotted, or plaited together and then pressed or stampeduntil they are rendered compara tively brittle or weakened.- The twisting,

plaiting, or knotting of the wire ends is effect- Specification of Letters Patent. Applic tion fil d January 2'7, 1905. Serial No. 242,935-

Patented. Dec. 12; 1905.

ed as near as practicable to where the wire is inseparably fixed to the bottle and preferably in the following manner: Either end is bent round the other and twisted, plaited,or knotted together and the loose ends cutoff a very short distance from the twist, plait, or knot and then pressed or stamped together to such a degree that where the wires touch or cross over the pressure at these places will cause them to be so sufficiently weakened by cutting into one another that they will not untwist or become separated without breaking, and thereby disclose to a purchaser the fact that the bottle has been tampered with. But in order that my invention may be clearly understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, in which-' Figure 1 is a side view, and Fig. 2 a front view, illustrating a simple form of my invention. Figs. 3 to 14: illustrate various applications of the invention, as hereinafter more particularly referred to. Figs. 15 and 16 show two preferred forms of wire twists.

The same numerals indicate the same or like parts throughout the drawings.

Figs. 1 and 2 are side and front elevation, respectively, showing my invention applied in a simple form. 6 is the neck of the bottle, and 7 the head or cap. 8 is a piece of glass pressed while in a molten condition onto the bottle before annealing, thereby fixing the wire or Wires 5 inseparably thereto. The wire or wires are brought through the capsule 9 and over the stopper 10 and the ends twisted or plaited and then pressed or stamped together, as at 11. i

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation showing a fastening in which one end of the wire is passed through the capsule-9and hole 12 in neck of bottle, thence through cork 10 and capsule 9 and the two ends twisted and pressed together, as at 11.

In the front elevation illustrated in Fig. 4 one end of the wire is passed through the holes 12 12 in the neck and the cork and then the ends of the wire twisted and pressed, as at 11. If the bottle is also capsuled or covered, the wireis preferably passed through the capsule or cover.

Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation in which one end of the wire is passed through a hole 12 in an inverted tumbler or other wooden, glass, or metal cap 9 and the ends twisted and pressed, at 11.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6, is a screw stopper having a knob or projection 13 provided with a hole 1 1. One end of the wire is brought up and through said hole and the ends twisted and pressed together at 11.

Fig. 7 is aside elevation, and Fig. 8 a plan, showing the application of the invention to a champagne-bottle. In this case one wire 15, which is also immovably fixed to the bottle, is brought round the neck of the bottle and there twisted, and then the ends are brought up and passed through holes 16 in a metal or other disk or capsule 17 and then crossed before being passed through the holes 18.- The ends of the wire are then twisted with the ends of the wire 5 and both are pressed together at 11.

Fig. 9 is an elevation of a glass-stoppered bottle, 19 being a cork or rubber packingring.

Fig. 10 illustrates a form in which the wire is brought through a projecting ring on a screw or spike 21, fastened in a cork or like stopper.

In Fig. 11 the invention is shown partly in section applied to a demijohn.

Fig. 12 shows an application to a scent or like bottle in which the glass stopper 10 has a groove 22 in a projecting knob 13, through which the wire is passed.

Fig. 13 illustrates avariation of Fig. 12, in which the wire is passed round the knob on the stopper.

In Fig. 14 is shown a form in which the wire or wires are also brought through portion of a cardboard box, paper wrapper or envelop 23, so that it can be seen at once before breaking the wrapper whether the wire has been tampered with.

Figs. 15 and 16 show, on an enlarged scale, the preferred manner of twisting the wire terminals.

It will be apparent from the above examples that the invention. may be applied in many other ways without departing from its essential features.

Having now fully described and ascertained my said invention and the manner in which it is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is 1. The combination with a bottle or like container and a closure therefor, of a fastening means to engage said closure and consisting of one or more wires, and a piece of glass for securing the wire or wires to the bottle or container before the latter has been annealed, the said piece of glass being applied in molten condition and the wire or wires bent where they are applied to the bottle or container.

2. The combination with a bottle or like container and a cork or stopper and a capsule or the like. therefor, of a wire or wires immovably or inseparably fixed toa part of the hottle before annealing the latter, said wire or wires being passed through the capsule or the like and engaging said cork or stopper and the ends thereof twisted or plaited together near where fixed to' the bottle and pressed or weakened substantially as hereinbefore' described and explained.

3. The combination with a bottle or like container and a cork or stopper and capsule or cover therefor, of a wire or wires immovably or inseparably fixed to a part of the bottle before annealing the latter, said wire or wires being passed through the capsule or cover, the bottle-cap and the cork or stopper and the ends thereof twisted plaited or knotted together near where fixed to the bottle and pressed or weakened substantially as hereinbefore described and explained.

4. The combination with a bottle having a closing means and a cover disposed over the latter, of a fastening consisting of a wire or wires immovably or inseparably fixed to the bottle before annealing and passed through the cover, the ends of the wires being twisted, plaited or knotted, and pressed or weakened, substantiallyas hereinbefore described.

In testimony whereof I'have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES JOHNSON SHUTTILEWORTH.

Witnesses:

ALEXANDER ROBERT MAGGREGOR, CHARLES EDWARD GRAHAM. 

